Exam question 2 · White lies and kind silence

Identify the circumstance in which kind silence is NOT appropriate.

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, kind silence · What happens: identify, not be · To what, where: circumstance

This is exam question 2 of lesson 196 «White lies and kind silence» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. The page gives the question's syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause, then the 4 options as the student saw them, each with its tree and pragmatics. Every text is parsed by Mova itself. How the student answered it, with the score of every option and why: the test at school.

The question

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Identify	identify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 circumstance	det
3	circumstance	circumstance	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
4	in	in	ADP	_	5 which	case
5	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	10 appropriate	obl
6	kind	kind	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 silence	amod
7	silence	silence	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 appropriate	nsubj
8	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 appropriate	cop
9	NOT	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	10 appropriate	advmod
10	appropriate	appropriate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 circumstance	acl:relcl
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the circumstance					vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent circumstance=Theme
2	not is	present	kind silence			the circumstance		appropriate property	tree rules

One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.

The options

Option 1

When one is asked about a private family matter

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	When	when	ADV	PronType=Int	4 asked	advmod
2	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	4 asked	nsubj:pass
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 asked	aux:pass
4	asked	ask	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	about	about	ADP	_	9 matter	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 matter	det
7	private	private	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 matter	amod
8	family	family	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 matter	compound
9	matter	matter	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 asked	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	present · passive		one				about a private family matter	vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP PP.topic»: subject=Recipient about matter=Topic

Option 2

When a friend's haircut is not to one's taste

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	When	when	ADV	PronType=Int	11 taste	advmod
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 friend	det
3	friend	friend	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 haircut	nmod:poss
4	's	's	PART	_	3 friend	case
5	haircut	haircut	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 taste	nsubj
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 taste	cop
7	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	11 taste	advmod
8	to	to	ADP	_	11 taste	case
9	one	one	PRON	Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 taste	nmod:poss
10	's	's	PART	_	9 one	case
11	taste	taste	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not is	present	a friend's haircut					to one's taste	tree rules

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

When someone is being hurt or is hurting themselves

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	When	when	ADV	PronType=Int	5 hurt	advmod
2	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	5 hurt	nsubj:pass
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 hurt	aux:pass
4	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 hurt	aux:pass
5	hurt	hurt	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	or	or	CCONJ	_	8 hurting	cc
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 hurting	aux
8	hurting	hurt	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 hurt	conj
9	themselves	themselves	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	8 hurting	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hurt	present · passive		someone					vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient
2	hurt	present · progressive		themselves = they					vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer themselves=Patient

Option 4

When one does not like a lunch someone chose

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	When	when	SCONJ	_	5 like	mark
2	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	5 like	nsubj
3	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 like	aux
4	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	5 like	advmod
5	like	like	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 lunch	det
7	lunch	lunch	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 like	obj
8	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	9 chose	nsubj
9	chose	choose	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 like	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not like	present · do-support	one	a lunch					tree rules
2	choose	past	someone						vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

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